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CN, TCRC postpone strike
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Rip Watson on March 15.) NEW YORK -- Canadian National Railway Co., Canada’s biggest railroad, said it agreed with a union representing 1,750 locomotive engineers to postpone a possible work stoppage until May 15. The...
U.S. House budget chief says budget deal difficult
(Reuters circulated the following article by Anna Willard on March 15.) WASHINGTON -- Reaching agreement on a 2006 U.S. budget is going to be difficult this year because the Senate is not trying hard enough, the chairman of the House of Representatives Budget...
Students organize letter-writing campaign to save Amtrak
(The following story by Julia F. Heming appeared on the Michigan Daily website on March 16.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- On his way back to Ann Arbor riding the train from his hometown of LaGrange, Ill. this past spring break, LSA sophomore Peter Hasiakos decided to start a...
Senate group pushes to restore more than $1 billion in Amtrak cuts
(The following article by Chris Mondics was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 16.) WASHINGTON -- In a bid to head off a White House plan to dismantle and privatize much of Amtrak, Senate Democrats yesterday pushed for legislation to restore more...
Amtrak and your morning commute
(The following article by Daniel Machalaba was posted on the Wall Street Journal website on March 16.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak, which long has faced severe financial problems, now is up against a particularly determined effort by the Bush administration to streamline its...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on March 14.) A VOICE GROWS IN BROOKLYN—In a unanimous vote, workers at American Warehousing of New York decided last month to join Teamsters Local 805. The 45 warehouse workers, drivers and sorters load coffee and cacao beans onto...
CPR goes green with RailPower’s Goats
(The following article by Peter Kennedy was posted on the Globe and Mail website on March 15.) VANCOUVER -- RailPower Technologies Corp., a maker of environmentally friendly hybrid locomotives called Green Goats, has won a major endorsement from one of Canada's...
Hollywood’s ‘loco’ for BLET member’s trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 15. Jim Clark is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.) SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- If it's got wheels, Jim Clark likes it. Clark, owner of the Tombstone Mercantile and president of...
Public hearing set on VRE fare boost
(The following article by Edie Gross was posted on the Free Lance Star website on March 15.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Virginia Railway Express' chief executive officer got anonymous hate mail last year when he suggested raising ticket prices for commuters. The criticism...
SEPTA board postpones action on fares and service
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 15.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA's board of directors quietly decided last week to postpone action to raise fares or cut service until June 26. Gov. Rendell recently plugged...
